Buying a Property in Portugal

If you've ever considered buying a holiday home in Portugal, look no further. We've collected the most extensive set of links to Portuguese estate agents, realtors and property finding companies. The links cover the most popular regions including the Algarve, Albufeira, Almancil, Carvoeiro, Cascais, Estoril, Faro, Lagos, Lisbon, Portimao, Quarteira, Silves and Vilamoura. Whether you're looking for a business, holiday home, smallholding, farm, cottages, farmhouses, barns, villas or other properties begin your search here. We've also listed a number of other resources such as books, tourist information offices and the best language courses.

Living and Working in Portugal: All You Need to Know to Enjoy Life in Portugal	Retire Abroad: Your Complete Guide to a Fresh Start in the Sun
Buying a Home in Portugal	Live and Work in Spain and Portugal
"A Place in the Sun": Buying Your Dream Home Abroad	The " Daily Telegraph" Guide to Living Abroad
The Grown-up's Guide to Retiring Abroad	A Place in the Sun: Favourite Destinations
The Complete Guide to Buying Property Abroad

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Estate Agents, Realtors & Property finders

Agimoura (Albufeira)	EPN	Pina Group
Algarve Estates	ERA	Portugal sales
Algarve Homes	Greenbox Properties	Predial Liz
Algarve Manor	Grupo Pina	Premier Properties International
Algarve Realty	Headlands	Premier Real Estate
Algarve Resorts	Homenet Real Estate	Prestige Homes International
Algarve Team Properties	Homes Unique	Prime Properties
Algarvida	ImoAlgarve	Quinta Properties
Alma Verde	John Hill (Algarve)	Real Estate Algarve
A Property Abroad	Jordan & Hart	ReKantu's
BIP	Lammi	Rent a Vila
Buy My Villa.com	Land & Houses Algarve	SEDNEM
Casa Directa	Landmark Properties (Algarve)	Select Resorts
Casas do Barlavento	Lifestyle Villas	Silver Holidays
CerroNovo (Albufeira)	Manuel Joaquim	Sunshine Villas
CITE	Maria Costa Real Estate	Tanfield
Classic & Antique	Medieden	Vasco Correia
Class Villas	Montalvo Properties	VendaVilla
Country homes	Novusmed	Vila Castelo
Diamond	Nulita da Quinta	Yellow Homes
Dunas Douradas	Owen & Owen
Elly Van Hulst	Paradise in Portugal
Encosta do Lago	P A Real Estate

Tourism

Official Portugal Tourism site

Working in Portugal

EU Info for UK Citizens

Learning the Lingo

Portuguese in 10 Minutes a Day	Teach Yourself Portuguese (book and CD pack)
Collins Portuguese Dictionary	The Oxford-Duden Pictorial Portuguese and English Dictionary
Collins Talking Portuguese-English Dictionary

Travel Guides & Maps

The Rough Guide to Portugal	The Rough Guide to Lisbon
The Mini Rough Guide to the Algarve	Michelin Green Guide: Portugal
AA Road Map Portugal	Lonely Planet: Portugal

Free Online translation

Alta Vista Babel Fish

FreeTranslation.com

Nothing to do with Portugal this next lot but some of my favourite get-away-from-it-all reads

Driving Over Lemons: An Optimist in Andalucia Chris Stewart - Great read	A Parrot in the Pepper Tree Chris Stewart
Manana Manana: One Mallorcan Summer Peter Kerr	Snowball Oranges: A Winter in Mallorca Peter Kerr
Extra Virgin: Amongst the Olive Groves of Liguria Annie Hawes	Under the Tuscan Sun: At Home in Italy Frances Mayes
Spanish Lessons: Beginning a New Life in Spain Derek Lambert	A House in Sicily Daphne Phelps
Villa Fortuna: An Italian Interlude Geoffrey Luck	Vanilla Beans and Brodo: Real Life in the Hills of Tuscany Isabella Dusi
An Italian Education Tim Parks	Italian Neighbours Tim Parks

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There are no guarantees as to the accuracy of the tables above, please let me know of any mistakes. And if you want to be added just send me an email, there is no charge. If you would like to advertise a property for sale, contact me here blah@2ndhandshops.co.uk. The cost is £15 assuming one picture and up to 50 words of text (supplied by yourselves). The link would be directly to the property on your website or would simply feature contact details. The ad remaining on site until the property has sold. The ad can appear on up to two pages, payment on publication of page(s) to your satisfaction. Ask if you would like any other variation.